Mesothelioma Blog

Linda A. Stange was diagnosed with malignant mesothelioma in September 2024. In seeking an answer to where she would have been exposed to asbestos, they concluded that it came from the decades that both she and her husband, Arlen,  used talcum powder that was contaminated with asbestos. As a result, the couple has filed suit …Read More

Mesothelioma and ovarian cancer patients in the United Kingdom are following the example set by over 40,000 Americans in pursuing legal action against Johnson & Johnson. The victims blame the company’s asbestos-contaminated talcum powder for their illness, and have begun hiring attorneys to represent them in seeking damages from the consumer giant. Mesothelioma Claims Focus …Read More

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court issued an extensive 52-page ruling in response to an appeal of a mesothelioma case decision made by a trial court. The personal injury claim was brought by relatives of a facilities engineer against the University of Pittsburgh. The tribunal affirmed two lower courts’ rulings that when work-related illnesses emerge outside the …Read More

A New York appellate court upheld a trial court judge’s decision regarding the jurisdiction for a lawsuit filed by the survivors of an automotive consultant who died of mesothelioma. John Beagan’s family had requested that the case be heard in New York, while the auto companies named as defendants wanted it to be heard in …Read More

Mesothelioma is an illness that strikes decades after asbestos exposure. Because so much time goes by, most people don’t experience symptoms or get diagnosed until they’re elderly. This can make remembering details a challenge and provides asbestos companies with an opening to question the accuracy of their testimony. In a recent case, a manufacturer attempting …Read More

A Minnesota appeals court recently ruled in favor of a mesothelioma victim and his wife in their personal injury claim against the man’s previous employer. Though the company sought dismissal from the proceedings based on the state’s Workers’ Compensation Act, the couple effectively argued that his asbestos exposure in their facility occurred years before the …Read More

Before her death from pleural mesothelioma, Irma Lee LaGrange filed suit against the companies she blamed for the secondary exposure to asbestos that she blamed for her illness. Ms. La Grante pointed to her years of handling her husband Allen’s asbestos-covered work clothing. Though the suit was filed years ago, the legal proceedings were recently …Read More

Victims diagnosed with mesothelioma after workplace asbestos exposure can seek financial compensation through many avenues, including workers’ compensation benefits, but some state’s laws have prevented these particular types of claims from moving forward. In a significant development, when an Illinois woman challenged the rejection of her claim against her deceased spouse’s former employer, the state’s …Read More

After hearing extensive evidence that Johnson & Johnson had failed to warn of the dangers of asbestos in their iconic talc powder products, a Connecticut jury ordered the company to pay a mesothelioma victim $15 million in compensatory damages. Now the victim has suggested that the company pay him $30 million in punitive damages, and …Read More

Mesothelioma victims who file lawsuits against the companies that exposed them to asbestos encounter numerous detours on their path to justice and compensation. One of the most common of these is an argument about what court will hear the case; while defendants generally prefer federal courts, victims prefer state courts. In one ongoing case, a …Read More

Vita Chenet’s family was close to getting justice following her 2019 mesothelioma death when something unexpected occurred: An expert witness providing testimony for the defendant, Colgate-Palmolive, introduced new information that confused the jury and led to them deciding in favor of the talc company. Calling what the witness had done “entirely improper,” the judge ordered …Read More